Just to prove that there are options other than bullets and ballot boxes, Fateh loyalists have set fire to a Cabinet building in the Parliament complex of Ramallah.
Hundreds Palestinian security forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas went on a violent rampage against the Hamas-led government Monday night, riddling the parliament and Cabinet buildings with bullets to protest an attack against their comrades in the Gaza Strip by Hamas gunmen.
The security men shot out the windows of the parliament before storming the two-building Cabinet complex, where they smashed furniture, destroyed computers and scattered documents. No casualties were reported. But the mob set fire to one of the Cabinet buildings, causing heavy damage as flames quickly spread.
“Every time they touch one of ours in Gaza, we will get ten of theirs in the West Bank,” said one member of the Preventive Security force, which is loyal to Abbas’ Fatah movement. Dozens of gunmen from the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, a pro-Fatah militia, joined the security men.
I’ve got a few bucks in my pocket… how can I donate a few gallons of gasoline?
Okay, okay… that’s cruel. (How about weenies and marshmallows?)
UPDATE:
Fateh members have reportedly kidnapped a Hamas MK.
No no no, folks – it’s not Jim Moran of Virginia.
UPDATE:
The Hamas MK, Khalil Rabai, has been released.
This is when the film goes slo-mo and “Born Free” is sung.
Choosing a lesser of two evils from these two groups is like deciding between getting shot with a new gun or an old gun.
I wish both parties success in their struggle against the other. May they wind up like Kilkenny cats
Sabba Hillel
Damn! It wasn’t Galloway!
Anyway, let’s wish Hamas and Fatah and PIJ and all of their various fellow traveler groups the very best of luck.
chsw
Mazel Tov to both sides!
The only good that comes out of this is the publicity they are bringing on themselves. I see a glimmer of hope, that the Western world is finally realizing what these people are all about.
Also, that they will be preoccupied with killing each other and leave the Israelis alone.
It’s the lack of money that is causing this war. If Hamas had control of the money and was in a position to do what David Pryce-Jones calls “money-favoring” all these Pali gunswine would be Hamas “militants” tomorrow. As it is they probably figure Abbas has as good a shot at getting his hands on the swag as Hamas does. Keep them cut off.